An autopsy has confirmed actor Michael K Williams, who played the shotgun-toting drug dealer Omar Little in the HBO crime drama The Wire, died of an overdose of drugs, the New York City medical examiner’s office said. His death was accidental, Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, said in an email. Williams, 54, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on September 6, and police sources said at the time that drug paraphernalia was discovered at the scene.
